Category: Evangelicals
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Evangelical Kentucky clerk who refused marriage licences to gay couples ordered to pay $100,000
ONE of two couples who ran foul of the deeply-held religious beliefs of Kim Davis, above—David Ermold and David Moore—have been awarded $100,000 in damages for the humiliation, mental anguish and emotional distress she caused them back in 2015. However, a second couple, James Yates and Will Smith, who were also denied a marriage licence…
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TV ministry accused of conning viewers into buying an audio Bible device worth $75 or less for $500
VIEWERS of The John Ankerberg Show, run by Ankerberg, above, and his wife Darlene, were exhorted to donate $500 to provide a doohickey called the Proclaimer, “inspired by God” to take its message in multiple languages around the world. The Ankerbergs, according to a whistleblower, regarded the device as “a huge cash cow” and became…
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Evangelical teacher who espouses abhorrent biblical views is banned indefinitely from classrooms
JOSHUA Sutcliffe, above, who believes that homosexuality and Islam are “abominations” and that people who sin should be put to death, has been banned from teaching. Labelled “intolerant” by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), the bigoted street preacher was this week found guilty of unprofessional conduct and banned from teaching in any capacity indefinitely. The…
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RCC must do more to oppose a bill that would decriminalise homosexuality in Sri Lanka
INTERFERING with progressive legislative processes in countries across the world is something the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical organisations are particularly adept at. But in Buddhist Sri Lanka the Catholic church, led by Archbishop of Colombo—His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, above—stands accused of failing to adequately oppose a bill that that would do away with…
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Evangelical Christian Mike Lindell, who lied about voter fraud, is ordered to pay $5m
FORMER crackhead Lindell—who claims he was saved by Jesus from his addiction and then went on to create the My Pillow company—stupidly offered to pay $5m to anyone who could prove that his claim that the Chinese rigged voting machines was wrong. In 2021 Lindell launched his “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge, and not long after…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 